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Alvar Aalto

1898 - 1976

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Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (Finnish: [ˈhuːɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto]; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture." Aalto's early career ran in parallel with the rapid economic growth and industrialization of Finland during the first half of the 20th century. Many of his clients were industrialists, among them the Ahlström-Gullichsen family, who became his patrons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alvar Aalto is the 8th most popular architect (down from 5th in 2019), the most popular biography from Finland and the most popular Finnish Architect.

Alvar Aalto is most famous for his contributions to the modernist architecture movement. He was a Finnish architect and designer who is considered one of the pioneers of modernism.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Alvar Aalto ranks 8 out of 518. Before him are Le Corbusier, Khufu, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Vitruvius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Mimar Sinan. After him are Donato Bramante, Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, Albert Speer, Leon Battista Alberti, and Buckminster Fuller.

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Among people born in 1898, Alvar Aalto ranks 4. Before him are Bertolt Brecht, Golda Meir, and Erich Maria Remarque. After him are Federico García Lorca, Enzo Ferrari, Sergei Eisenstein, René Magritte, Stefania Turkewich, Umm Kulthum, Zhou Enlai, and Leo Szilard. Among people deceased in 1976, Alvar Aalto ranks 7. Before him are Mao Zedong, Agatha Christie, Martin Heidegger, Bernard Montgomery, Werner Heisenberg, and Howard Hughes. After him are Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, Fritz Lang, and Leopold Ružička.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Alvar Aalto ranks 1 out of 751. After him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Simo Häyhä (1905), Jean Sibelius (1865), Tove Jansson (1914), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Paavo Nurmi (1897), Tarja Halonen (1943), Elias Lönnrot (1802), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), and Sauli Niinistö (1948).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Finland

Among architects born in Finland, Alvar Aalto ranks 1. After him are Eliel Saarinen (1873), Aino Aalto (1894), Eero Saarinen (1910), Eero Aarnio (1932), Elissa Aalto (1922), Lars Sonck (1870), Wivi Lönn (1872), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), and Marco Casagrande (1971).

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